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The relentless series of storms caused deaths or damage from the Plains to Canada to New England. Hundreds of thousands of people lost power and air conditioning during days of sweltering heat.

Biologists and researchers in New York have noticed a disturbing trend: an increase in lead-related deaths.

The region played a key role in the Underground Railroad. Today, thousands of asylum seekers who came to the U.S. are heading north, too.

Authorities in the United Kingdom say they have arrested more than 20 people in a terror plot to plant bombs on airliners headed to the United States. Police say the suspects were planning to carry liquid explosives onto as many as 10 planes, and detonate them in mid-air. Experts and callers look at the science behind the alleged plot.

Gun control advocates and some NRA members had called for the cancelation or postponement of the event.

Manuel and Patricia Oliver co-founded the gun reform group Change the Ref after losing their son Joaquin in the 2018 Parkland shooting.

Climate change is threatening many Alaska Native villages. Advocates are calling for a major overhaul of federal policy.

The 120-year-old, 12,000-pound Port Clinton Lighthouse made a half-mile journey — by crane and barge — to its new permanent home on the Lake Erie waterfront.

A whale common to Arctic waters has been sighted in the Seine River in northern France. Authorities say they are trying to assess its health.

The Republic of Congo is not the so-called Democratic Republic of Congo — the former Zaire — but the other Congo. Never heard of it? You're not alone.